The Survival Handbook Essential Skills for Outdoor Adventure 1St Edition by Dk Publishing, Colin Towell ISBN ‎ 978-0756690380 0756690382

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ISBN 10: 0756690382

ISBN 13: 978-0756690380  

Author:   Dk Publishing, Colin Towell

From planning an expedition, to packing essential kits, to discovering what to do on a trail, The Survival Handbook is an invaluable tool when you’re in the great outdoors.
Among a myriad of outdoor skills, it teaches readers how to make shelters, find water, and spot, catch, and cook wild food. And if there’s an emergency, it shows which essential first-aid techniques to use when, how to mount a rescue, and even how to get yourself found. Now in Paperback!

Table of contents: 

INTRODUCTION

BEFORE YOU GO
Introduction: Prepare yourself
Getting into shape
Mental preparation
Planning your journey
Emergency plan of action
Introduction: Know your environment
Temperate environments
Tropical environments
Mountain environments
Desert environments
Cold environments
Marine environments
Introduction: Get the right gear
Choosing your kit
Choosing a backpack
Dressing for the outdoors
Extreme survival – in the wilderness
Sleeping systems
Eating on the trail
Camping stoves
Your survival kit

ON THE TRAIL
Introduction: Find your way
Maps and map-reading
Get your bearings
Route finding
Navigating without a compass
Natural navigation
How weather works
Weather phenomena
Understanding local weather
Introduction: Make a move
Traveling on foot
Crossing rivers
Scrambling and climbing
Extreme survival – in the mountains
Moving over snow
Using pack animals
Four-wheel driving
Kayaking and canoeing
Building a raft
Swimming

CAMP CRAFT
Introduction: Camp essentials
Organizing your site
Staying clean
Making fire
The elements of fire
Char cloth and fire can
Types of fire
Making sparks and flames
Extreme survival – in the desert
Fire by friction
Introduction: Manual skills
Man-made cordage
Natural cordage
Tying knots
Using cutting tools

TAKING SHELTER
Introduction: Taking shelter
Hollows and caves
Use-anywhere shelters
Forest shelters
Tropical shelters
Extreme survival – in the jungle
Desert shelters
Shoreline shelters
Snow shelters

WATER AND FOOD
Introduction: Find and treat water
The importance of water
Finding water: Temperate climates
Finding water: Hot climates
Finding water: Cold climates
Finding water: At sea
Carrying and storing water
Treating water
Introduction: Find and prepare food
Wild cooking
Edible plants
Catching fish
Preparing fish
Extreme survival – adrift at sea
Trapping animals
Preparing small mammals
Preparing large mammals
Preparing other animals
Catching birds
Preparing birds

IN AN EMERGENCY
Introduction: In an emergency
Assessing your situation
Attracting rescuers
Wild animals
Extreme survival – in cold conditions
Environmental hazards
Surviving at sea

FIRST AID
Introduction: First aid
First aid essentials
Flesh wounds
Bites and stings
Poisonous plants and intestinal parasites
Bones, joints, and muscles
Treating exposure
Treating shock
Breathing difficulties
Unconsciousness
Moving a casualty

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